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Art Textbooks for
Individual Student Exploration
Author: Kathryn Maxwell
Grade Level: Art Class Grade 8
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their assignment and have nothing to do, give them this handout. They
can look at photos and read about various architectural styles,
architects, famous buildings, and so on. For additional supplementary
classroom material, see
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A World of Images
By: Laura K. Chapman. Worcester, MA: David Publications, Inc., 1992
p. 10: Penzoil Place (1976), Houston, TX. Architects Philip Johnson and John
Burger.
pp. 86-87: Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman art and architecture
pp. 94-95: Renaissance architecture
p. 112: Bauhaus and International styles
p. 120: Realism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism in architecture
Art in Action
By: Guy Hubbard. San Diego: Coronado Publishers, 1986.
pp. 149-179: Unit V: Art in the Environment—an entire chapter on
architecture from many different cultures and time periods
Exploring Art
By: Gene Mittler, Ph.D. and Rosalind Ragans, Ph.D. Lake Forest, IL:
Glencoe, 1992.
pp. 237-249: Chapter 14: Architecture—basic exploration of architecture from
early times to the present.
Includes lessons on constructing building models, drawing floor plans, and
relief sculpture.
Portfolios
By: Robyn Montana Turner. Austin, TX: Barrett Kendall Publishing, Ltd.,
2001
pp. 78-79: Lesson 12: Making an Architectural Model—focus is on classical
Greek temples
Understanding Art
By: Gene Mittler, Ph.D. and Rosalind Ragans, Ph.D. Lake Forest, IL:
Glencoe, 1992.
p. 26: Church of the Sacred Family, Barcelona, Spain. Architect Antonio
Gaudi.
pp. 50-51: New Stone Age construction, including Stonehenge, Salisbury
Plain, Wiltshire, England.
pp. 54-55: Architecture of ancient Egypt
p. 60: Architecture of Mesopotamia (ziggurat at Ur, Iraq)
pp. 72-73: Architecture of Japan (temple and pagoda)
p. 84: Pre-Columbian architecture (Mexico, Central America, and South
America)
p. 90: Architecture of the Andes (Tiahuanico civilization)
pp. 98-99: Architecture of Ancient Greece
pp. 104-109: Architecture of Ancient Rome
pp. 114-115: Architecture of India
pp. 146-151: Romanesque period
pp. 152-157: Gothic period
p. 178: Baroque architecture
pp. 195-196: Pueblo architecture
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